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Night Waves Episodes

  1. Rana Mitter

    Rana Mitter with a new biography of Caravaggio, and a debate on business and green issues.

  2. Simon Callow, To Kill a Mockingbird

    Matthew Sweet talks to Simon Callow about his new book, My Life in Pieces.

  3. Wolfgang Tillmans, Die Meistersinger, Archeological Remains, Lise Eliot

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. With German artist Wolfgang Tillmans.

  4. Tetro, Christie's Auction, Art Forgeries, Matthew Crawford, Welcome to Thebes

    Matthew Sweet reviews Francis Ford Coppola's new film and discusses art forgeries.

  5. Sylvain Chomet, Resentment, Alice in Wonderland

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. With animated film maker Sylvain Chomet on his latest work.

  6. Howard Brenton, Perfection, 'Jewish Comedy'

    Presented by Philip Dodd. With playwright Howard Brenton and a debate about perfection.

  7. A bout de souffle, Sally Mann, Leonora Carrington, Permissive Society

    Matthew Sweet discusses the film A bout de souffle and the photography of Sally Mann.

  8. Through a Glass Darkly, Nell Irvin Painter, Absent Fathers, Cornelia Parker

    Philip Dodd reviews of a stage version of Ingmar Bergman's film Through a Glass Darkly.

  9. Jonathan Fenby, Sarah Dunant, Tudor Parfitt

    Rana Mitter talks to Jonathan Fenby about his new book about Charles de Gaulle.

  10. Lorraine Adams, Francis Alys, Wendy Buonaventura, Spencer Wells

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. With journalist Lorraine Adams and the work of Francis Alys.

  11. David Remnick, EM Forster, Dutch Football

    Phillip Dodd discusses a biography of Barack Obama and EM Forster's homosexuality.

  12. Travels in the Reich, Bronco Bullfrog, Anish Kapoor, Tintoretto, Ghana and Football

    Matthew Sweet discusses the impressions of literary visitors to pre-World War II Germany.

  13. Opera Producers, Rude Britannia, Argentina, Women in Politics

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. With a debate on the role of an opera producer.

  14. Richard McGregor, Terrence Rattigan Revival, Azadeh Moaveni, Italy

    Presented by Philip Dodd. With journalist Richard McGregor and writer Azadeh Moaveni.

  15. Landmarks: The Silent World

    Matthew Sweet explores Jacques Cousteau's revolutionary documentary The Silent World.

  16. Alastair Campbell, Elif Shafak, Girl on a Train

    Philip Dodd talks to Alastair Campbell and Turkish writer Elif Shafak.

  17. Louise Bourgeois, Christopher Hitchens, Cultural Attitudes to Skin, The Late Middle Classes

    Anne McElvoy talks to Christopher Hitchens and discusses sculptor Louise Bourgeois.

  18. Liberalism

    Rana Mitter and guests discuss the meaning of liberalism at the start of the 21st century.

  19. David Nash, Michael Winterbottom, Samuel Beckett

    Matthew Sweet reviews a David Nash retrospective and interviews Michael Winterbottom.

  20. Michael Burleigh, Sean Sculley and Abstraction, Opera: Do the Words Matter?

    Presented by Rana Mitter. With economist Muhammad Yunus and historian Michael Burleigh.

  21. Why People Lie, Hal Prince, Elia Suleiman, Science and Literature

    Anne McElvoy discusses man's propensity for lying and meets Broadway director Hal Prince.

  22. Jonathan Coe, Yinka Shonibare, Graphic Design, Ondaatje Prize

    Presented by Matthew Sweet talks. With novelist Jonathan Coe and artist Yinka Shonibare.

  23. Money, Globish, Tyler Perry, Nicolai Lilin

    Rana Mitter presents a review of a TV version of Martin Amis's Money.

  24. International Review

    Matthew Sweet is joined by critics from around the world to review international arts.

  25. Martha Nussbaum, Nina Bawden, Tudormania, Museum of London

    Presented by Anne McElvoy. With Martha Nussbaum, Nina Bawden and Tudormania.

  26. Erik Gandini, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Duke Ellington's America

    Philip Dodd talks to director Erik Gandini about his documentary on Silvio Berlusconi.

  27. Robin Hood, Abi Morgan, Moral Understanding, Parodies

    Matthew Sweet reviews Robin Hood, the new film by Ridley Scott.

  28. Melvyn Bragg, Lebanon, Political Representation

    Anne McElvoy talks to Melvyn Bragg on a life in the arts.

  29. Europe in Crisis, Political Picasso, John Osborne

    Philip Dodd considers whether Pablo Picasso's political importance has been neglected.

  30. Terry Eagleton, Douglas Murray, Zinody A Room and a Half

    Philip Dodd discusses the nature of diplomacy with Charles Kupchan and Douglas Murray.

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